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7-Letter Words Starting with DIS- (72 entries)

FRONTWORDBACKDEFINITION
—DISABLEDRS[v. -ABLED, -ABLING, -ABLES] · to render incapable or unable
—DISARMS—< DISARM, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to deprive of weapons
—DISAVOWS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to disclaim responsibility for
—DISBANDS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to break up
—DISBARS—< DISBAR, [v. -BARRED, -BARRING, -BARS] · to expel from the legal profession
—DISBUDS—< DISBUD, [v. -BUDDED, -BUDDING, -BUDS] · to remove buds from
—DISCANTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to descant «to sing» / [x] { descant discant § descants discants § descant descanted descanting descants discant discanted discanting discants }
—DISCARDS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to throw away
—DISCASEDS[v. -CASED, -CASING, -CASES] · to remove the case of
—DISCEPTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to debate
—DISCERNS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to perceive
—DISCING—< DISC, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to disk / [x] { disc discoid disk § discoids discs disks § disc disced discing discs disk disked disking disks § discoid }
—DISCOED—< DISCO, [v. -ED, -ING, -ES or -S] · to dance at a discotheque (=discoes) / [x] { disco § discos § disco discoed discoes discoing discos }
—DISCOES—< DISCO, [v. -ED, -ING, -ES or -S] · to dance at a discotheque (=discoes) / [x] { disco § discos § disco discoed discoes discoing discos }
—DISCOIDS[n. -S] · a disk / [x] { disc discoid disk § discoids discs disks § disc disced discing discs disk disked disking disks § discoid }
—DISCORDS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to disagree
—DISCUSS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to talk over or write about
—DISDAINS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to scorn
—DISEASEDS[v. -EASED, -EASING, -EASES] · to make unhealthy
—DISEURS—< DISEUR, [n. -S] · a skilled reciter
—DISEUSES[n. -S] · a female entertainer
—DISGUSTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to cause nausea or loathing in
—DISHELMS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to deprive of a helmet
—DISHFULS[n. -S] · as much as a dish can hold
—DISHIER—< DISHY, [a. DISHIER, DISHIEST] · attractive
—DISHING—< DISH, [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to put into a dish
—DISHPANS[n. -S] · a pan for washing dishes
—DISHRAGS[n. -S] · a cloth for washing dishes
—DISJECTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to disperse
—DISJOINST[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to separate
—DISKERS—< DISKER, [n. -S] · one that disks
—DISKING—< DISK, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to break up land with a type of farm implement / [x] { disc discoid disk § discoids discs disks § disc disced discing discs disk disked disking disks § discoid }
—DISLIKEDRS[v. -LIKED, -LIKING, -LIKES] · to regard with aversion / [x] { dislike disliking mislike misliking § dislikes mislikes § dislike disliked dislikes disliking mislike misliked mislikes misliking § mislike }
—DISLIMNS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to make dim
—DISMALS—< DISMAL, [a. -MALER, -MALEST] · cheerless and depressing - DISMALLY [b.] / ----- [n. -S] · a track of swampy land
—DISMASTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to remove the mast of
—DISMAYS—< DISMAY, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to deprive of courage or resolution
—DISMISS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to permit or cause to leave
—DISOBEYS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to fail to obey
—DISOMIC—[a.] · having a number of chromosomes duplicated
—DISOWNS—< DISOWN, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to deny the ownership of
—DISPARTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to separate
—DISPELS—< DISPEL, [v. -PELLED, -PELLING, -PELS] · to drive off in various directions
—DISPENDS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to squander
—DISPLAYS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to make evident or obvious
—DISPORTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to amuse oneself
—DISPOSEDRS[v. -POSED, -POSING, -POSES] · to put in place
—DISPUTEDRS[v. -PUTED, -PUTING, -PUTES] · to argue about
—DISRATEDS[v. -RATED, -RATING, -RATES] · to lower in rating or rank
—DISROBEDRS[v. -ROBED, -ROBING, -ROBES] · to undress
—DISROOTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to uproot / [x] { uproot uprooting § uproots § disroot disrooted disrooting disroots outroot outrooted outrooting outroots unroot unrooted unrooting unroots uproot uprooted uprooting uproots § unrooted uprooted }
—DISRUPTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to throw into confusion
—DISSAVEDRS[v. -SAVED, -SAVING°, -SAVES] · to use savings for current expenses
—DISSEATS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to unseat / [x] { disseat disseated disseating disseats unseat unseated unseating unseats § unseated }
—DISSECTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to cut apart for scientific examination
—DISSENTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to disagree
—DISSERTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to discuss in a learned or formal manner / [x] { dissert dissertate dissertated dissertates dissertating disserted disserting disserts }
—DISSING—< DIS, [v. DISSED, DISSING, DISSES] · to insult or criticize / [x] { dis diss dissing § disses § dis diss dissed disses dissing }
—DISTAFFS[n. -TAFFS or -TAVES] · a type of staff
—DISTAINS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to stain / [x] { distain stain § stains § distain distained distaining distains stain stained staining stains § distained stained }
—DISTANT—[a.] · far off or apart
—DISTENDS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to swell
—DISTENT—[a.] · distended
—DISTICHS[n. -S] · a couplet
—DISTILLS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to extract by vaporization and condensation / [x] { distilling § distil distill distilled distilling distills distils § distilled }
—DISTILS—< DISTIL, [v. -TILLED, -TILLING, -TILS] · to distill / [x] { distilling § distil distill distilled distilling distills distils § distilled }
—DISTOMES[n. -S] · a parasitic flatworm
—DISTORTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to twist or bend out of shape
—DISTURBS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to interrupt the quiet, rest, or peace of
—DISUSED—< DISUSE, [v. -USED, -USING, -USES] · to stop using
—DISUSES—< DISUSE, [v. -USED, -USING, -USES] · to stop using
—DISYOKEDS[v. -YOKED, -YOKING, -YOKES] · to free from a yoke

8-Letter Words Starting with DIS- (155 entries)

FRONTWORDBACKDEFINITION
—DISABLED—< DISABLE, [v. -ABLED, -ABLING, -ABLES] · to render incapable or unable
—DISABLERS[n. -S] · one that disables
—DISABLES—< DISABLE, [v. -ABLED, -ABLING, -ABLES] · to render incapable or unable
—DISABUSEDS[v. -ABUSED, -ABUSING, -ABUSES] · to free from false or mistaken ideas
—DISAGREEDS[v. -AGREED, -AGREEING, -AGREES] · to differ in opinion
—DISALLOWS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to refuse to allow
—DISANNULS[v. -NULLED, -NULLING, -NULS] · to annul / [x] { annulling § annul annulled annulling annuls disannul disannulled disannulling disannuls § annulled }
—DISARMED—< DISARM, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to deprive of weapons
—DISARMERS[n. -S] · one that disarms
—DISARRAYS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to disorder
—DISASTERS[n. -S] · a calamity
—DISAVOWS—< DISAVOW, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to disclaim responsibility for
—DISBANDS—< DISBAND, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to break up
—DISBOSOMS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to confess
—DISBOUND—[a.] · not having a binding
—DISBOWELS[v. -ELED or -ELLED, -ELING or -ELLING, -ELS] · to remove the intestines of / [x] { bowel disemboweling disembowelling emboweling embowelling § bowels § bowel boweled boweling bowelled bowelling bowels disbowel disboweled disboweling disbowelled disbowelling disbowels disembowel disemboweled disemboweling disembowelled disembowelling disembowels embowel emboweled emboweling embowelled embowelling embowels § bowelled }
—DISBURSEDRS[v. -BURSED, -BURSING, -BURSES] · to pay out
—DISCANTS—< DISCANT, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to descant «to sing» / [x] { descant discant § descants discants § descant descanted descanting descants discant discanted discanting discants }
—DISCARDS—< DISCARD, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to throw away
—DISCASED—< DISCASE, [v. -CASED, -CASING, -CASES] · to remove the case of
—DISCASES—< DISCASE, [v. -CASED, -CASING, -CASES] · to remove the case of
—DISCEPTS—< DISCEPT, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to debate
—DISCERNS—< DISCERN, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to perceive
—DISCIPLEDS[v. -PLED, -PLING, -PLES] · to cause to become a follower
—DISCLAIMS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to renounce any claim to or connection with
—DISCLESS—[a.] · diskless «having no disk» / [x] { discless diskless }
—DISCLIKE—[a.] · disklike «resembling a disk» / [x] { disclike disklike }
—DISCLOSEDRS[v. -CLOSED, -CLOSING, -CLOSES] · to reveal
—DISCOIDS—< DISCOID, [n. -S] · a disk / [x] { disc discoid disk § discoids discs disks § disc disced discing discs disk disked disking disks § discoid }
—DISCOING—< DISCO, [v. -ED, -ING, -ES or -S] · to dance at a discotheque (=discoes) / [x] { disco § discos § disco discoed discoes discoing discos }
—DISCOLORS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to alter the color of / [x] { discoloring discolouring § discolor discolored discoloring discolors discolour discoloured discolouring discolours § discolored discoloured }
—DISCORDS—< DISCORD, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to disagree
—DISCOUNTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to reduce the price of
—DISCOVERSTY[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to gain sight or knowledge of
—DISCREET—[a. -CREETER, -CREETEST] · tactful
—DISCRETE—[a.] · separate
—DISCROWNS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to deprive of a crown
—DISCUSES—< DISCUS, [n. -CUSES or -CI] · a disk hurled in athletic competition
—DISDAINS—< DISDAIN, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to scorn
—DISEASED—< DISEASE, [v. -EASED, -EASING, -EASES] · to make unhealthy
—DISEASES—< DISEASE, [v. -EASED, -EASING, -EASES] · to make unhealthy
—DISENDOWS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to deprive of endowment
—DISEUSES—< DISEUSE, [n. -S] · a female entertainer
—DISFAVORS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to regard with disapproval / [x] { disfavor disfavour § disfavors disfavours § disfavor disfavored disfavoring disfavors disfavour disfavoured disfavouring disfavours § disfavored disfavoured }
—DISFROCKS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to unfrock «to divest of ecclesiastical authority» / [x] { defrocking unfrocking § defrock defrocked defrocking defrocks disfrock disfrocked disfrocking disfrocks unfrock unfrocked unfrocking unfrocks § unfrocked }
—DISGORGEDS[v. -GORGED, -GORGING, -GORGES] · to vomit
—DISGRACEDRS[v. -GRACED, -GRACING, -GRACES] · to bring shame or discredit upon
—DISGUISEDRS[v. -GUISED, -GUISING, -GUISES] · to alter the appearance of
—DISGUSTS—< DISGUST, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to cause nausea or loathing in
—DISHELMS—< DISHELM, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to deprive of a helmet
—DISHERITS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to deprive of an inheritance / [x] { disherit disherited disheriting disherits disinherit disinherited disinheriting disinherits }
—DISHEVELS[v. -ELED or -ELLED, -ELING or -ELLING, -ELS] · to make messy
—DISHFULS—< DISHFUL, [n. -S] · as much as a dish can hold
—DISHIEST—< DISHY, [a. DISHIER, DISHIEST] · attractive
—DISHLIKE—[a.] · resembling a dish
—DISHONORS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to deprive of honor / [x] { dishonor dishonour § dishonors dishonours § dishonor dishonored dishonoring dishonors dishonour dishonoured dishonouring dishonours § dishonored dishonoured }
—DISHPANS—< DISHPAN, [n. -S] · a pan for washing dishes
—DISHRAGS—< DISHRAG, [n. -S] · a cloth for washing dishes
—DISHWARES[n. -S] · tableware used in serving food
—DISINTERS[v. -TERRED, -TERRING, -TERS] · to exhume
—DISJECTS—< DISJECT, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to disperse
—DISJOINS—< DISJOIN, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to separate
—DISJOINTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to put out of order
—DISJUNCTS[n. -S] · an alternative in a logical disjunction
—DISKETTES[n. -S] · a floppy disk for a computer
—DISKLESS—[a.] · having no disk / [x] { discless diskless }
—DISKLIKE—[a.] · resembling a disk / [x] { disclike disklike }
—DISLIKED—< DISLIKE, [v. -LIKED, -LIKING, -LIKES] · to regard with aversion / [x] { dislike disliking mislike misliking § dislikes mislikes § dislike disliked dislikes disliking mislike misliked mislikes misliking § mislike }
—DISLIKERS[n. -S] · one that dislikes / [x] { disliker misliker § dislikers mislikers }
—DISLIKES—< DISLIKE, [v. -LIKED, -LIKING, -LIKES] · to regard with aversion / [x] { dislike disliking mislike misliking § dislikes mislikes § dislike disliked dislikes disliking mislike misliked mislikes misliking § mislike }
—DISLIMNS—< DISLIMN, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to make dim
—DISLODGEDS[v. -LODGED, -LODGING, -LODGES] · to remove from a firm position
—DISLOYAL—[a.] · not loyal
—DISMALER—< DISMAL, [a. -MALER, -MALEST] · cheerless and depressing - DISMALLY [b.] / ----- [n. -S] · a track of swampy land
—DISMALLY—< DISMAL, [a. -MALER, -MALEST] · cheerless and depressing - DISMALLY [b.] / ----- [n. -S] · a track of swampy land
—DISMASTS—< DISMAST, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to remove the mast of
—DISMAYED—< DISMAY, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to deprive of courage or resolution
—DISMOUNTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to get down from an elevated position
—DISOBEYS—< DISOBEY, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to fail to obey
—DISODIUM—[a.] containing two atoms of sodium per molecule
—DISOMIES—< DISOMY, [n. -MIES] · the condition of being disomic
—DISORDERS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to put out of order
—DISOWNED—< DISOWN, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to deny the ownership of
—DISOWNERS[n. -S] · one that disowns «to deny the ownership of»
—DISPARTS—< DISPART, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to separate
—DISPATCH—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to send off with speed / [x] { despatch dispatch dispatching § despatches dispatches § despatch despatched despatches despatching dispatch dispatched dispatches dispatching }
—DISPENDS—< DISPEND, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to squander
—DISPENSEDRS[v. -PENSED, -PENSING, -PENSES] · to distribute
—DISPERSEDRS[v. -PERSED, -PERSING, -PERSES] · to scatter
—DISPIRITS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to lower in spirit
—DISPLACEDRS[v. -PLACED, -PLACING, -PLACES] · to remove from the usual or proper place
—DISPLANTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to dislodge
—DISPLAYS—< DISPLAY, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to make evident or obvious
—DISPLODEDS[v. -PLODED, -PLODING, -PLODES] · to explode
—DISPLUMEDS[v. -PLUMED, -PLUMING, -PLUMES] · to deplume «to deprive of feathers» / [x] { deplume deplumed deplumes depluming displume displumed displumes displuming }
—DISPORTS—< DISPORT, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to amuse oneself
—DISPOSALS[n. -S] · the act of disposing
—DISPOSED—< DISPOSE, [v. -POSED, -POSING, -POSES] · to put in place
—DISPOSERS[n. -S] · one that disposes
—DISPOSES—< DISPOSE, [v. -POSED, -POSING, -POSES] · to put in place
—DISPREADS[v. -SPREAD°, -SPREADING, -SPREADS] · to spread out
—DISPRIZEDS[v. -PRIZED, -PRIZING, -PRIZES] · to disdain
—DISPROOFS[n. -S] · the act of disproving
—DISPROVEDNRS[v. -PROVED, -PROVEN, -PROVING, -PROVES] · to refute
—DISPUTED—< DISPUTE, [v. -PUTED, -PUTING, -PUTES] · to argue about
—DISPUTERS[n. -S] · one that disputes
—DISPUTES—< DISPUTE, [v. -PUTED, -PUTING, -PUTES] · to argue about
—DISQUIETS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to deprive of quiet, rest, or peace
—DISRATED—< DISRATE, [v. -RATED, -RATING, -RATES] · to lower in rating or rank
—DISRATES—< DISRATE, [v. -RATED, -RATING, -RATES] · to lower in rating or rank
—DISROBED—< DISROBE, [v. -ROBED, -ROBING, -ROBES] · to undress
—DISROBERS[n. -S] · one that disrobes «to undress»
—DISROBES—< DISROBE, [v. -ROBED, -ROBING, -ROBES] · to undress
—DISROOTS—< DISROOT, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to uproot / [x] { uproot uprooting § uproots § disroot disrooted disrooting disroots outroot outrooted outrooting outroots unroot unrooted unrooting unroots uproot uprooted uprooting uproots § unrooted uprooted }
—DISRUPTS—< DISRUPT, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to throw into confusion
—DISSAVED—< DISSAVE, [v. -SAVED, -SAVING°, -SAVES] · to use savings for current expenses
—DISSAVERS[n. -S] · one that dissaves «to use savings for current expenses»
—DISSAVES—< DISSAVE, [v. -SAVED, -SAVING°, -SAVES] · to use savings for current expenses
—DISSEATS—< DISSEAT, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to unseat / [x] { disseat disseated disseating disseats unseat unseated unseating unseats § unseated }
—DISSECTS—< DISSECT, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to cut apart for scientific examination
—DISSEISEDES[v. -SEISED, -SEISING, -SEISES] · to deprive / [x] { disseise disseised disseises disseising disseize disseized disseizes disseizing }
—DISSEIZEDES[v. -SEIZED, -SEIZING, -SEIZES] · to disseise «to deprive» / [x] { disseise disseised disseises disseising disseize disseized disseizes disseizing }
—DISSENTS—< DISSENT, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to disagree
—DISSERTS—< DISSERT, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to discuss in a learned or formal manner / [x] { dissert dissertate dissertated dissertates dissertating disserted disserting disserts }
—DISSERVEDS[v. -SERVED, -SERVING, -SERVES] · to treat badly
—DISSEVERS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to sever / [x] { severing § dissever dissevered dissevering dissevers sever severed severing severs § severed }
—DISSOLVEDRS[v. -SOLVED, -SOLVING, -SOLVES] · to make into a solution
—DISSUADEDRS[v. -SUADED, -SUADING, -SUADES] · to persuade not to do something
—DISTAFFS—< DISTAFF, [n. -TAFFS or -TAVES] · a type of staff
—DISTAINS—< DISTAIN, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to stain / [x] { distain stain § stains § distain distained distaining distains stain stained staining stains § distained stained }
—DISTALLY—< DISTAL, [a.] · located far from the point of origin - DISTALLY [b.]
—DISTANCEDS[v. -TANCED, -TANCING, -TANCES] · to leave behind
—DISTASTEDS[v. -TASTED, -TASTING, -TASTES] · to dislike
—DISTAVES—< DISTAFF, [n. -TAFFS or -TAVES] · a type of staff
—DISTENDS—< DISTEND, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to swell
—DISTICHS—< DISTICH, [n. -S] · a couplet
—DISTILLS—< DISTILL, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to extract by vaporization and condensation / [x] { distilling § distil distill distilled distilling distills distils § distilled }
—DISTINCT—[a. -TINCTER, -TINCTEST] · clearly different
—DISTOMES—< DISTOME, [n. -S] · a parasitic flatworm
—DISTORTS—< DISTORT, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to twist or bend out of shape
—DISTRACTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to divert the attention of
—DISTRAINST[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to seize and hold property as security
—DISTRAITE[a.] · absentminded «preoccupied» / [x] { distrait distraite }
—DISTRESS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to cause anxiety or suffering to
—DISTRICTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to divide into localities
—DISTRUSTS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to have no trust in / [x] { distrust mistrust mistrusting § distrusts mistrusts § distrust distrusted distrusting distrusts mistrust mistrusted mistrusting mistrusts § distrusted distrusting mistrusted }
—DISTURBS—< DISTURB, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to interrupt the quiet, rest, or peace of
—DISULFIDES[n. -S] · a chemical compound / [x] { disulfid disulfide disulphide § disulfides disulfids disulphides }
—DISUNIONS[n. -S] · the state of being disunited
—DISUNITEDRS[v. -UNITED, -UNITING, -UNITES] · to separate
—DISUNITY—[n. -TIES] · lack of unity
—DISUSING—< DISUSE, [v. -USED, -USING, -USES] · to stop using
—DISVALUEDS[v. -UED, -UING, -UES] · to treat as of little value
—DISYOKED—< DISYOKE, [v. -YOKED, -YOKING, -YOKES] · to free from a yoke
—DISYOKES—< DISYOKE, [v. -YOKED, -YOKING, -YOKES] · to free from a yoke

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